Day 1b is halfway through the registration period and the speed of which players enter the event has slowed down. There are 246 players that started the tournament of which 220 are still in.
Day 1a of the tournament attracted 265 players and only 13 survived. There is still over 1,5 hours of late registration possible in the final flight of the EPT Cup.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
A lot of noise was produced at table 21 and it turned out that Nicolas Torossian had hit runner-runner quads with his pocket kings. The board was 
and Torossian was holding the other two kings. Khaled Hizem was on the other side of the hand and he was left with just 2,400 after hand.
Players pulled out their phones to photograph the hand with the board before it slowly got quiet again.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Aylar Lie played Day 1a but she only managed to play one hand before she was eliminated from the tournament. She's giving it another shot today as she just sat down in the cash game room where tables one through ten can be found.
The other tables are in the Main Tournament room. More and more players are taking their seats.
Nathalie Thienpont saw a player open from the under-the-gun position to 600 and she called from middle position. Massimiliano Rosi three-bet to 2,600 from the cutoff and the initial raiser got out of the way. Thienpont called to see a flop.
Thienpont lead out on the 
board with a big bet of 4,000. Rosi moved all in for 15,000 and she called. Rosi had but Thienpont had flopped top set with 
.
The board ran out with the 
turn and the 
river and Rosi was eliminated from the tournament.
Mark Wiegerinck was playing the €2,200 French National Championship High Roller earlier today but he busted out in 30th place, cashing for €5,530.
The Dutchman jumped in the EPT Cup now and started another hunt for a trophy here in Monte-Carlo next to the incredibly blue Meditteranean Sea.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
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